Raila Odinga has called for the immediate halting of the ongoing mysterious abductions in the country.
Speaking on Wednesday, Odinga noted that the rampant abductions that have been witnessed in 2024 should be expeditiously addressed by the government lest they pose a huge threat to national security.
“We are now crossing the end as a country. This year has been challenging for the people of Kenya. We had demonstrations and innocent lives being lost. But we also want to see the end of something we have witnessed this year we line at the end, the abductions of innocent people,” Odinga noted.
“This is punitive and it’s something that is very strange. We cannot live in a country where people disappear for no other reason and are kept incommunicado for a long time. The government must take this thing seriously and it must come to an end. We want a safe and secure country.”
Odinga noted that the tactics to use abductions as a way of administering foul justice have become of age and any Kenyan found to be contravening the law should be dealt with lawfully.
“Gone are those days where they used to arrest you and take you to Nyayo House. But these days you are being taken to unknown places. It is primitive and unacceptable,” Odinga added.
Peter Muteti, was allegedly abducted outside his apartment in Uthiru, Nairobi after posting an AI-generated picture offensive to President William Ruto. His mobile phone was switched off shortly after the incident, and he has remained unreachable since.
In another case, Billy Mwangi was abducted in Embu County after sharing a post on X which some might have considered offensive to President Ruto.
Mwangi’s family said that he was forcibly taken away from a barber shop by four armed men who wore masks and were traveling in a double cabin pickup before speeding off towards the Embu-Nairobi Highway.
